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DANGER IN DIET PILLS The weight-loss combo fen/phen is responsible for 82 cases of a rare heart-valve problem. Also, studies find that Redux, thought to be a safer choice, depletes animal brains of serotonin, the neurotransmitter that controls mood...
WASHINGTON: TIME science writer Christine Gorman says despite fresh evidence that downing diet drugs Redux and fen-phen could cause heart-valve damage, it's not time to outlaw the pills. "This study raises a red flag that says this has to be looked into more closely," notes Gorman. "But it does not say the drugs should be banned or that the link is definitive...
...Mayo Clinic released another preliminary study two months ago linking the drugs to a rare form of heart disease. Determining the relationship between valve damage and taking fen-phen or Redux will be difficult, since several of the women examined in the Mayo study were taking higher-than-prescribed doses. Ultimately, the studies confirm FDA recommendations that these medications should only be prescribed to the dangerously obese...
...they were nonaddictive and worked more subtly, stimulating production of the brain chemical serotonin, which is associated with feelings of satisfaction and satiety. But earlier this year neuroscientists complained that the FDA was not being forceful enough in pushing for follow-up studies on another serotonin-type diet pill, Redux, which is known to cause brain damage in rats. The FDA approved Redux last summer, despite its known problems, because it determined that for patients who are seriously obese, the benefits justified the risk--at least for short-term...
...ability to absorb fat. Orlistat has its problems--its side effects include intestinal leakage. That doesn't mean orlistat will not be a big seller, at least at first. But if folks buy it expecting weight-loss miracles, they are bound to be as disappointed next year as Redux users are today...